"It's really strange. They are all like possessed, so carefree and scary that it's scary. Brother, what do you think is wrong with them?"
"I don't know either, but I think if we can solve this mystery, it might be of great help to our practice."
"Yes, but how can we solve the mystery?"
"Well, let's go find the most respected old man in this town. Maybe we can find the answer from him."
"Hmm, then let me ask who is the most respected old man in this town." Wei Ji volunteered.
"Go ahead."
Wei Ji saw a tavern in front of her, so she walked into the tavern and asked: "Hello, boss, who is the most respected old man in your town?"
"Girl, you are not from our town, are you? Where are you from?" the tavern owner asked with a smile.
"I...why should I tell you? Just answer my question directly." Wei Ji said bluntly. Originally, Wei Ji wanted to answer the other party's question properly, but in the blink of an eye, she thought, if she had been more rude,
Can this tavern owner still keep smiling?
"I knew it when the girl said that. Girl, you are definitely not from our town." The tavern owner said with a smile on his face.
"Huh, so what if it's not? What are you doing, mother-in-law?" Wei Ji pretended to be rude.
"Girl, why are you putting on such a bad face? In fact, you can obviously be happy, so what else is worth worrying about?" the tavern owner said very puzzled.
"Ah, my troubles are all because of you. Why are you so annoying? Can't you just tell me the answer?" Wei Ji said frantically, feeling that she would go crazy if she stayed any longer.
"I'm really sorry. Although I don't know why you are so anxious, girl, I still want to tell you that you are actually very lucky to be as good-looking as you. There is no need to be so worried." The tavern owner still advised.
"Ah, enough is enough, they are really a bunch of lunatics." Wei Ji left the tavern frantically.
"Haha, junior sister, your question is definitely not acceptable. Look at me." Ximen Yu said with a smile.
So Ximenyu stretched out his hand to stop a girl who happened to be passing by, and said with a smile: "Hello, beauty, nice to meet you."
"Hello, I'm very happy to meet you too." When the girl saw such a handsome and elegant man, she was immediately elated and her tone was extremely gentle.
"It's like this. Junior sister and I are new here. We have some difficult questions that we would like to ask the most respected old man in your town to help answer. Can you tell me?"
"Of course. The old patriarch is the person you need to find. You can go find him. He lives in the old house in the center of the town. Forget it, let me take you there. After all, there are ordinary people in that place.
It's not that easy to find." The girl laughed.
"Okay, sorry to trouble you." Ximen Yu responded with a grateful smile.
"No, you two come with me." Soon the girl took Ximenyu and the others to the old patriarch's residence.
"Then you go in. I'll excuse you now. Goodbye."
"Yeah, thank you, beauty." Ximenyu and Wei Ji said gratefully.
"Brother, does the respected old patriarch also live in such a poor condition?" Wei Ji said in surprise.
"Yes, this old house is about to collapse. I wonder why the old patriarch is still guarding this three-acre land." Ximenyu was also confused. After all, the surrounding houses are far more gorgeous than the old patriarch's.
many.
"No matter, let's go in and understand the situation before we talk." Ximenyu said, and then knocked on the rusty iron ring in front of the door.
"Clang, clang, clang." This is the sound of the iron ring hitting the wooden board.
Ximenyu knocked more than ten times in a row, and the door was finally opened.
"Who are you? Why are you knocking on my door?" asked an old man with a hunched back.
"Hello, old patriarch, we are practitioners passing by. We would like to know why the residents here are so carefree and have no worries at all?" Wei Ji asked politely.
"What, are you worried?" the old patriarch asked.
"No, I..." Just as Wei Ji was about to explain, Ximenyu signaled Wei Ji to stop talking and let him answer.
"Yes, old patriarch, we are very troubled and want to know how to relieve our troubles?" Ximenyu said loudly because he was afraid that the old patriarch could not hear clearly.
"Then why are you worried?" the old patriarch asked. Because he was hunched over, he could not distinguish the faces of Ximenyu and the others. He could only roughly guess their ages based on their voices.
"Why are we worried that we can't break through our own realm in practice?" Ximenyu asked.
"What's the point of forcing this to happen, cough... cough." The old patriarch said in confusion as he coughed.
"Old patriarch, can you invite us in to sit down?" Ximenyu asked.
"Haha, it's rare that you don't mind it, so come in quickly and help close the door when you come in." Then the old patriarch slowly turned around and led Ximenyu and the others into the old house.
As soon as they entered, Wei Ji and Ximen Yu looked around and felt that the old house was really dilapidated and terrible. There were dark green moss everywhere, and there was an ancient well in the center of the old house.
"Sit down, young man, little girl. I'll get you some water to drink." After saying this, the old patriarch turned around and went to work.
"Brother, the old patriarch lives here alone, isn't he afraid of any accidents?"
"Yes, the old patriarch's realm has not even reached the immortal level, and he is so old. It is indeed very inconvenient." Ximenyu agreed.
"How about we persuade him to live with the younger generation."
"Yeah, try your best."
Soon the old patriarch filled the water for Ximen Yu and others, and then said kindly: "This well water is extremely sweet, please try it quickly."
"Okay, thank you, old patriarch." Ximen Yu and Wei Ji drank the sweet water from the ancient well and were surprised. They had never drunk such sweet and delicious well water.
"By the way, what did you ask just now?" the old patriarch asked again.
"I said we have encountered obstacles in our practice, so we are very troubled?" Ximenyu replied.
"That's right, then what do you think is the most important thing in practice?" the old patriarch chuckled.
"In practice, the most important thing is to master the way of practice, and only then can you achieve a breakthrough in realm." Wei Ji replied.
"Young man, what do you think?" the old patriarch smiled.
"I also think that since cultivation is a means to break through the realm, and breaking through the realm is the ultimate goal, we should still master the method, so this is what worries us."
"Haha, but you are all wrong. Cultivation means cultivating the mind and practicing the Tao. Only if you do this step well can you achieve a breakthrough in your realm. As for how to cultivate the mind and how to practice the Tao, this is another big problem in life.